Aspects+of+Cause+and+Consequence

Cause and Consequence

 * Events have many different and interconnected causes. They rarely have a single cause. Many groups are also responsible for change.Our main concern should be with the unique relationship and links between conditions and circumstances pertaining to a particular event.


 * One event does not always cause the following event.


 * Finding broad underlying factors is as or perhaps more important than finding immediate causes.


 * Actions often have very unintended results.

Pre-task Ideas:
Students are presented with a story,account, description,narrative,etc and are asked to select sentences and statements which relate to causes **and** consequences. As they develop historical competence they could be asked to discuss and distinguish different types of causes.
 * Spotting the Cause Statements:**

Present students with a column of causes and a column of scrambled consequences. They are then asked to match the causes and consequences. At an older level distractors and issues that could be seen as both causess and consequences could be added to the lists.
 * Cause-Effect Matching**

Older students may be able to:

 * Recognize the different types of causes such as economic, political, environmental etc.

Suggested Student Tasks

Cause and Consequence